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Posted By smithichie 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion

Registered as a religion in the United States, with celebrity members such as
actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, Scientology enjoys no such legal
protection in France and has faced repeated accusations of being a
money-making cult.

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    ForrestPhelps6 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hello?

    What's up with all these Spam and Bans?

    PHB? Are you still there?

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      gamahuche6 months, 3 weeks ago

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      They tried to bury our man alive but they missed.
      I lost one of the most amazingly brilliant and wise people in my life to Scientology - maybe the only person whom I ever looked upon as a guru [I was young when we met!].
      You can tell how bogus it is when you see the fees for advancement which rise for each further level..
      The French should have a pretty good bash at them!

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    aceofspades16 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Scientology doesn't seem to make out to well here - wonder when Tom Cruise is going to start posting

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      CRYMTYPHON6 months, 3 weeks ago

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      I have been posting.

      But that wasn't me that was the french thetans.
      Excuse me now I have to jump on the couch and don't tell anyone else my real identity
      or I will action figure thru your window and read you entire chapters of Dianetics .

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      Eagle_Eye6 months, 3 weeks ago

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      I'm so glad to see this "cult" being addressed, hopefully once France rules on this the US will realize it is just a cult full of wackos and will do like wise. To many people have gotten sucked in on this Science Fiction fantasy tale which is really sad because it has caused a lot of pain and in some cases death from not seeking proper medical attention.

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        CRYMTYPHON6 months, 3 weeks ago

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        Yow!
        Propeller bouncers 20; Elrond Hubbard 0.

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          Charlson6 months, 3 weeks ago

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          France may be correct that Scientology is a money-making enterprise and uses religion as a tax exempt ruse in the US.

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            chuck-the-canuck6 months, 3 weeks ago

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            Ah! It appears Wolfie is a scientologist. Figures.

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              Progressive6 months, 3 weeks ago

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              Germany is trying to ban Scientology altogether:

              http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133867.stm

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                gamahuche6 months, 3 weeks ago

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                Congrats tom our powers that be for staying on top of the sock-puppet invasion!
                Its a good thing you're virtual or they'd already be harrassing you with law-suits and suchlike nonsense.

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                  joeblowe6 months, 3 weeks ago

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                  I wonder - if this "religion" is fined out of existence - or legally banned as fraudulent (which of course it SHOULD be) in France, will that have any effect on the rest of the world? Would that somehow establish a sort of precedent for the courts elsewhere to consider fraud charges against these knuckleheads? And if it does, could fraud charges then be filed against the Catholics, the Protestants, the Jews, and the Muslims? Wouldn't that be great? Get rid of all the Great Liars in one swell foop.

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                    Tangent0016 months, 3 weeks ago

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                    Whoa! That's the scariest thing I've seen on Propeller.

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                      Justice4All6 months, 3 weeks ago

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                      I'd like to hear what they all had to say. It would probably say a lot about the scientologists. As with other religious supremicists who are angry that facts and logic are against them they probably spewed the usual insults and hatred.

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                        Justice4All6 months, 3 weeks ago

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                        I've only met a few scientologists. None of them knew anything about science.

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                          mammasteph6 months ago

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                          Scientogology is a joke, not a religion, but just like all religions some guy in his mid 40's wrote a book and alot of people bought into it.Good for france ban this awkward religion.SNL put it good Tom Cruise is going to quite movies to be the Pope of outer space.

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